RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 003, ex. 012 ?

~760 BCE·Neo-Assyrian·P394085

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394085.

Transliteration

[...]-kun#-szu2#-nu#-ti# [x x]-mu#
[...]-na# un#-da#-si
[...] iq#-bi
[...]-tu# _kur#_ asz-szur#
[...] _ad#_ ba-ni#-ka
[...] za-za#-az
[...]-tu# ne2#-e-szu2
[...]_-mu#-gi#-na_
um#-da#-al#-lu#-u2# [...]
_ansze-gam-mal-mesz gin7_ s,e-[...]
u2-za-'i-iz a-na _un#-[...]_
qa-bal-ti _kur_-ia _ansze-gam-mal#_ [...]
ina 1/2(disz) _gin2_ kas-pi i-szam#-mu# [...]
asz2-tam-mu# ina? ni#?-[...]
[...]

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 5/1 Ashurbanipal 003, ex. 012 ?. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: British Museum, London, UK (P394085) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P394085..

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